Extending Steinberg's adolescent model of risk taking to the explanation of crime and delinquency: Are impulsivity and sensation seeking enough?

Todd A. Armstrong; Danielle Boisvert; Jessica Wells; Richard H. Lewis

doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2020.110133

doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2020.110133

Extending Steinberg's adolescent model of risk taking to the explanation of crime and delinquency: Are impulsivity and sensation seeking enough?

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Personality and Individual Differences4.30

Volume: 165, Pages: 110133 - 110133

Published: Oct 1, 2020

Abstract

Recent work has generalized Steinberg's (2008) dual systems model of adolescent risk taking behavior to the explanation of crime (Burt, Sweeten, & Simons, 2014; Vazsonyi & Ksinan, 2017). However, risky behaviors and crime are not synonymous and the traits associated with criminal behavior may extend beyond impulsivity and sensation seeking. The current work used a large sample of University students to further explore the generalization of the...